[2] In July 2013, Harford County Executive David R. Craig announced that Haddaway-Riccio would be his running mate in the 2014 Maryland gubernatorial election.

[11] On the campaign trail, Haddaway-Riccio ran on a platform promising a more rational approach toward taxes and business regulations and supported efforts to help Maryland's rural areas.

[13] The Craig-Riccio ticket lost the Republican primary to businessman Larry Hogan and his running mate, Boyd Rutherford, in June 2014, placing second with 29.1 percent of the vote.

[14] Had the Craig-Riccio ticket won the Republican primary and defeated Anthony Brown in the general election, Haddaway-Riccio would have been the state's first lieutenant governor from the Eastern Shore.

[21] She also criticized a bill that would involve environmentalists, watermen, and scientists into the decision-making process on oyster harvesting rules in the Chesapeake Bay.

[27] In November, Haddaway-Riccio told lawmakers that the department's human resources division was investigating the misconduct allegations "in consultation with the Maryland Department of Budget and Management and the Office of the Attorney General" but did not address legislators' call for an independent investigation, and added that she had taken "appropriate actions to address the situation"[28] by firing Hughes[29] and state park superintendent Nita Settina.

[9] During the 2004 legislative session, Haddaway supported Governor Bob Ehrlich's proposal to legalize slot machine gambling at state racetracks.

[35] In February 2005, Haddaway wrote to members of Maryland's congressional delegation to support proposals to amend federal law to allow Eastern Shore seafood processors to obtain H-2B visas for foreign nationals.

[36] During the 2004 legislative session, Haddaway introduced a bill to add an amendment to the Constitution of Maryland requiring every county to have a resident delegate.

[39] In March 2013, during debate on a bill to index Maryland's gas tax to inflation, she introduced an amendment that would cap increases to one percent per year, which was rejected by a 81–50 vote.